refill

English

Etymology 1

From re- (“again”) +‎ fill (noun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.fɪl/, [ˈɹʷɪi̯.fɪɫ]
  • (l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): [-fɪo̯], [-fɪʊ̯]

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

refill (plural refills)

1. That which serves to refill or replace something.
   1. An additional helping of food or drink.

      Today it is $2 for a coffee, with free refills throughout the day.

      • 1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings Follows a Clue:

        "Oh, gosh," he groaned, "and I'd have given anything for a refill of that suet! It was the wizardest muck we've had this week."

      • 2022 July 6, Justin McCurry, “Free noodles offered as Japan wrestles with low youth turnout for elections”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

        Ippudo, which operates 50 ramen shops across the country, is offering endless free noodle refills for a fortnight from election day on Sunday until 24 July, the Mainichi Shimbun said, provided they could show proof that they had voted.

   2. Refuelling, fuel to refill an empty fuel tank (of a vehicle or machine) or other fuel container.

      Tank's empty. We need to go for a refill.

   3. A product intended to replace the used contents of a container or the exhausted supply of a device.

      We're cutting back. No new printers or pens, just refills.

   4. (medicine, pharmacy) A repeat of a prescription.
2. An act or process of refilling.

   Synonym: refilling

   capillary refill

   • 1976, L. E. Hochreiter, B. A. McIntyre, E. R. Rosal, M. Y. Young, R. R. Fayfich, R. P. Vijuk, Westinghouse Nuclear Energy Systems, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, G-2, 17x17 Refill Heat Transfer Tests and Analysis (WCAP), volume 8793, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Nuclear Energy Systems:

     […] the modified UHI correlation captures 80 percent of the total data and thus provides a conservative estimate of the heat transfer during UHI refill.

   • 1990, United States. Department of the Army, Department of the Army technical manual, volumes Organizational and Direct Support Maintenance Manual (including Repair Parts and Special Tools Lists) for Army Oil Analysis Sampling Valves, Army Oil Analysis Program, Nonaeronautical Equipment (combat, Tactical, and Special Purpose Vehicles), numbers 2300-2423, Headquarters, Department of the Army, pages 2-58:

     After refill, start engine and observe installed fittings and valve to make certain there are no leaks.

   • 2010 October 11, “Is sugar the new plastic?”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Of course, the most efficient, money-saving option of all is straightforward refill. Ecover launched a redesign of their refill system in health food shops in 2009, which they're hoping to distribute more widely soon.

   • 2018, Ross R. Allen, Gary Dispoto, Eric Hanson, John D, Meyer, Nathan Moroney, “Inkjet”, in Mitchell Rosen, ‎Noboru Ohta, editor, Color Desktop Printer Technology, page 120:

     During refill, the drop generator acts like a simple fluid mechanical oscillator

Derived terms

• capillary refill
• cap refill

 

Translations

additional helping

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} допълнение (bg) n (dopǎlnenie), ^{(please verify)} допълване n (dopǎlvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 再裝滿／再装满 (zàizhuāngmǎn)

• Finnish: lisäannos, santsikuppi (fi) (colloquial, for drinks)
• Japanese: お代わり (ja) (おかわり, o-kawari), リフィル (ja) (rifiru)
• Polish: dolewka (pl) f
• Portuguese: refill m
• Russian: доба́вка (ru) f (dobávka)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} recambio (es) m
• Swedish: påtår (sv) c

refuelling

• Dutch: tankbeurt (nl) c
• German: Tanken n
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} дозапра́вка (ru) f (dozaprávka)

product containing replacement materials

• Bulgarian: резерва (bg) f (rezerva)
• Finnish: täyttö- (fi), vaihto- (fi)
• Greek: ανταλλακτικό (el) n (antallaktikó)
• Italian: ricarica (it), cartuccia (it) f
• Polish: wkład (pl) m
• Slovak: náhradná náplň

repeat prescription

• Dutch: herhaalrecept n
• German: Wiederholungsrezept (de) n

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} náplň (cs) f

Etymology 2

From re- (“again”) +‎ fill (verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːˈfɪl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪl

Verb

refill (third-person singular simple present refills, present participle refilling, simple past and past participle refilled)

1. To fill up once again.

   Can you refill my cup please? I've finished my coffee.

2. (medicine, pharmacy) To repeat a prescription.

Translations

to fill up again

• Bulgarian: зареждам (bg) (zareždam), пълня отново (pǎlnja otnovo)
• Catalan: reomplir (ca)
• French: reremplir (fr)
• German: nachfüllen (de)
• Irish: athlíon
• Latin: repleō
• Portuguese: reencher
• Slovak: doplniť, dopĺňať, doliať, dolievať, znovu naplniť, znovu napĺňať
• Spanish: rellenar (es)

References

• “refill”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Filler, filler, fillér

Icelandic

Etymology

Related to trefill (“fringe”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛːvɪtl/
• Rhymes: -ɛːvɪtl

Noun

refill m (genitive singular refils, nominative plural reflar)

1. tapestry

Further reading

• “refill” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English refill.

Noun

refill m (plural refills)

1. a refill, especially a free refill of food or drink at a restaurant